On the evening of November 20, 2017, Molly Russell and her family had dinner together and then sat down to watch an episode of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!. Molly, 14, from Harrow, northwest London, killed herself after falling, unbeknownst to her family, into a downward spiral of despair on social media. A consultant child psychiatrist told the hearing that he couldn’t sleep well for weeks after viewing the Instagram content Molly had seen just before her death. “This Instagram literally gives Molly thoughts,” said Oliver Sanders KC, who represents the Russell family. Internet security advocates, such as the Russell family, argue that this also applies to other platforms.

Source: The Guardian October 01, 2022 03:00 UTC